Two Weeks Into the iOS 8 Public Beta
Two weeks into running the iOS 8 public beta: how to actually install it without stranding yourself, what QuickType and interactive notifications get right, and what's still breaking daily.
Tutorials
Tutorials
Flashing the Android L Preview Onto My Nexus 5
Notes (and one big mistake) from flashing the freshly-released Android L Developer Preview onto my Nexus 5 the same week Google unveiled Material Design.
A Weekend Lost to Swift Playgrounds
A weekend spent poking at Xcode 6's Swift playgrounds after WWDC, including the parts that clicked and the optional-chaining stuff that made me want to throw my laptop.
First Weekend With Swift Playgrounds
A weekend spent poking at Apple's brand new Swift language and its Playgrounds live-coding view, two days after the WWDC surprise announcement.
The eBay Breach Finally Got Me to Set Up a Password Manager
After finally resetting my eBay password following their big breach, I spent a night setting up 1Password for real and figured I'd write up what I learned.
Finally Setting Up a Password Manager (Thanks, eBay)
The eBay breach finally pushed me to set up a real password manager. Here's what that actually looked like, LastPass vs 1Password included.
The eBay Breach Finally Got Me to Set Up a Password Manager
The eBay breach email finally scared me into setting up LastPass. Heres what that actually looked like, and why Im annoyed it took a corporate screwup to make me do it.
Fine, I Finally Set Up a Password Manager
Eleven days after Heartbleed, I finally sat down and set up a real password manager instead of my old three-password system. Here's what that actually involved.
My Heartbleed Password Cleanup, One Annoying Site at a Time
A week after Heartbleed broke, Im still working through my password list site by site. Heres the actual checklist Im using, plus which services still werent safe to touch as of this week.
The Heartbleed Password Weekend
A weekend spent changing passwords after Heartbleed, and the annoying truth that changing them too early does nothing at all.
The Great Password Reset Weekend
A weekend spent checking sites for Heartbleed, figuring out when password resets actually matter, and finally setting up two-factor auth I'd been putting off.
The Target Breach, My Mailbox, and Why We're Still Swiping Cards Like It's 1995
A personal rundown of what to actually do after the Target card breach, plus a rant about why the US is still swiping magstripe cards like it's 1995.